2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY
Chapter 9-29 - Fees
Section 9-29-20 - Supreme court fees.
§ 9-29-20 Supreme court fees. – (a) The supreme court, by a majority of its members, shall have the power to prescribe by rule a fee of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for docketing a civil appeal or docketing any other proceeding brought to review a civil matter, and to prescribe a waiver of the fee as to a person who is unable to pay the fee.
(b) Commencing July 1, 1992, in addition to the fees set forth herein, the court, by a majority of its members, shall have the power to prescribe by rule a surcharge in the amount of forty ($40.00) for docketing a civil appeal or docketing any other proceeding brought to review a civil matter.
(c) Commencing July 1, 1999, the court may increase the surcharge to eighty-five dollars ($85.00).
History of Section.
(P.L. 1976, ch. 328, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 129, art. 24, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 274, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 35, § 3.)
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